The Media Drop

Well, here’s the nifty Web widget that JJ Abrams and the folks behind 1-18-08 have put together as part of a contest to promote the movie.

I’m with Chris, though, when it comes to how this is done. I’ll be curious to see how many people are responsible for getting others to pick up the widget […]

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Jason Kottke posts about the archive of all archives containing all the televised reviews of that duo (and its later evolution). Chris Thilk, eat your heart out.

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In a move that will probably peeve Michael Bay to no end (I mean, let’s “transcend toy roots” of the Transformers already), Black Lab has recorded its own version of the “Transformers” theme song, since they, among others, didn’t care for the Mute Math version that is floating around in snippets and will be released […]

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Chris Thilk got me the hook up on some awesome movie posters for the upcoming Miami Vice flick that hits theatres next weekend.
Chris had been doing some digging about the marketing of the film, and had spoken with Universal earlier in the week about it. From working with me at AdJab and MWW Group, he […]

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At HollywoodReport.com, Stephen Galloway writes about about entertainment studio DreamWorks SKG’s 10th birthday, which they celebrated by having a “mind-boggling” initial public offering last week.

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Now I haven’t seen “Saw” yet, so I’m trying to be careful reading other people’s reviews so I don’t learn too much about the film. Just read Cobb’s, and I definitely want to check out this flick now. He explains what the real “horror” of the movie is:
The problem with Saw is that […]

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Cinema Libre Studio, the same group who recently distributed “Outfoxed,” the film that was critical of FOX News, has announced it is releasing Danny Schechter’s “WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception,” to theatres later this year. “WMD” covers the media’s coverage of the war in Iraq, and how it presented Americans with misconceptions about what […]

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Matt Sheffield of RatherBiased points out that Michael Moore and Harvey Weinstein are aiming high for “Fahrenheit 9/11,” putting it up for “Best Picture” at the Academy Awards.
More here.
Also: the Barista writes in to say that Michael Moore’s blog has left something to be desired, having a whopping two posts. Total.

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indieWIRE Insider points out that Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” DVD sold over four million copies on its first day in stores. No details yet on the pre-orders that were done via the Internet.

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Hollywood Reporter covers the announcement by Moviefone about MovieTickets.com taking over the ticket sales portion of its business.

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